Leaves from My Library: An English AnthologyLeaves from my Library is a unique anthology of English prose which Lord Denning has himself chosen from his library at his country home at Whitchurch. The scenes are many and varied, ranging from the trial of the Merchant of Venice to that of the Knave of Hearts... from the decks of Nelson'sVictory/I to the drawing rooms of Jane Austen... from the Pilgrims' gathering at the Tabard Inn to Sir Winston Churchill addressing a nation at war. |
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Page 80
Our Whitchurch Amateur Dramatic Society gave a performance of Alice in Wonderland in a beautiful setting in our garden . They played it on the island with the audience seated on the opposite bank of the river .
Our Whitchurch Amateur Dramatic Society gave a performance of Alice in Wonderland in a beautiful setting in our garden . They played it on the island with the audience seated on the opposite bank of the river .
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Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse , ' thought Alice ; ' only as it's asleep I suppose it doesn't mind . ' ii No room for Alice The table was a large one , but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it . ' No room !
Very uncomfortable for the Dormouse , ' thought Alice ; ' only as it's asleep I suppose it doesn't mind . ' ii No room for Alice The table was a large one , but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it . ' No room !
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Alice looked at the jury - box , and saw that , in her haste , she had put the Lizard in head downwards , and the poor little thing was waving its tail about in a melancholy way , being quite unable to move .
Alice looked at the jury - box , and saw that , in her haste , she had put the Lizard in head downwards , and the poor little thing was waving its tail about in a melancholy way , being quite unable to move .
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Contents
England expects Lord Nelson | 13 |
The death of a king John Buchan | 34 |
The Great Proconsul Lord Macaulay | 50 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Leaves from My Library: An English Anthology |
| Author | Alfred Thompson Denning Baron Denning |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Butterworths, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0406176159, 9780406176158 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › Law / Legal History |
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